AN IDEAL GAME PRESERVE. 



G. 0. SHIELDS. 



For the busy New York man who likes 

 to get a day's shooting occasionally, with- 

 out taking too much time from business, 

 there is no place like the Chamberlin pre- 

 serve at Old Point Comfort, Va. Real- 

 izing the wants of this large class, the 

 manager of the Hotel Chamberlin has 

 leased the shooting rights on a number of 

 farms and on several large tracts of un- 

 cultivated lands in James City county, 

 for the exclusive use of his guests. The 



abundant here ever since the country was 

 discovered. With a view to keeping up the 

 supply and improving the stock ioo pairs 

 of quails were imported from North Caro- 

 lina last fall and liberated on the preserve. 

 It is the intention of the manager to re- 

 peat this operation every year and thus to 

 keep an abundance of the little brownies 

 on hand for years to come. 



There are several flocks of wild turkeys 

 on the preserve. They keep back in the 



THE HUNTING LODGE ON THE BANKS OF THE CHICKAHOMINY. 



tract thus controlled is about 7 miles long 

 and one to 2 miles wide. It is carefully 

 patrolled by gamekeepers, and no one is 

 allowed to shoot on the premises without a 

 written permit from the manager of the 

 hotel. 



The preserve is reached by a ride of 47 

 miles on the C. & O. railway to Toano. 

 The preserve borders on the station 

 grounds and the visitor may begin shooting 

 as soon as he leaves the village. 



This Is a natural game country, and quail, 

 turkeys, deer, ducks and rails have been 



neavy timber and are difficult to find, but 

 the patient, skillful hunter may reasonably 

 count on getting a few of these kingly birds 

 if he can spare 2 or 3 days in which to 

 hunt them. 



Woodcock are fairly plentiful about the 

 numerous marshes, and ducks, snipe and 

 plover are abundant there in season. 



One of the most attractive birds to be 

 found in that country, however, is the sora. 

 The preserve includes about 500 acres of 

 tide marsh bordering on the Chickahominy 

 river, which is a natural resort of the 



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